Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-19

If you dare" and the vilIisa fell back
empty-handed into the thicket. o. the
power Of conscience. II offended, it be-
comes Gods svenging minister. Do not
think that you can hide any great and
protraCted sin in your hearts. IL an IN
guarded moment it will
SLIP OFF OF The LIP,
Or Some slight occasion m8y for a mo-
ment set Jar this door Of hell that you
wanted to keep closed. Bur suppose
that il this life you hide il, ard you get
along with that trsrsgressio1 burning IN
your heart as q ship OF fire within for
days may hinder the ftme from bursting
out by keeping down the hatchWays, yet
at last, in the judgment, that i1iquity
VIII blaze out before the throne Of God
and the universe.
Furthermore, learn from this subject
the inseparsble c0aueC.ion between al
events however remote. Lord Hastings
was beheaded enc year after he had
caused the desth of the Queens children,
IN the very month, the very DAY, the very
hour, and the very moment. There is
wonderful precision in the divine judg-
ments. The universeis only one thought
Of God. Those things which seem trsg-
mentsry and isol,ted are only different
parts Ct that one great thought. How
far apart seemed these TWO Cvents-Jo-
seph sold - the Ara5iIn merchants and
the rulership Of Egypt. Yet you see ii
what mysterious Way God connected
the two in che plan. So Gll events are
linked together. You who sIe sged can
lOo6 back and group tOgether8 Thousand
t2ings in your LIE that oGce seemed $50
lJted O1e undivided Chsin Of events
reached from the garden Of Ellen to the
cross Of Calvary, and thus up 10 heaven
There ts relation between the smslleSs
Insect that huns II the summer aiY and
the srch&ngeI Cn his throne. G2d can
'rSCe e direct ancestral line from the blue
jay thai last spring built its mes. il tree
behind the house to some one OF thg.
flock Of birds which wAan Noah boisted
the eIk's window, with Whirl and dssh
CT Oright wings went on. to sing over
Mount Arirat. Tie tulips that blocmed
this summer in the flower bed were
uursed OF last winters snow fakes. The
turtherest star on one side 3t the uni
verse could not lock
To THE FURTHERTST
star on the other side aud say: "You are
no relation to me - for from that bright
orb 8 voice OF ligh5 would ring across the
heavens responding: ayes, yes; we are
sisters" ST. Sidney Smith in prison vas
! playing lawn tennis in the yard and the
| ball t:W over the wall. Another ball
! containing letters WIS thro8n bsck, and
50 communication was opened with the
outside world, Gnd Sidney Smith escaped
IN time TO defeas B0napsrte'G Egyptian
| expedition. What q small accident coz
nGcted with what vast results! Sir Robert
/ Peel from pattern which he drew or the
! back CT pewter GiInGr plste got sug-
gastiOns OF tEet which Led to the
! important invention by which calico is
printed. N.thiog in Gods universe
! swings at loose erd5. Accidents are
! Cliy Gods wsy of turning leaf in the
! book Of his eternal DEGREES. From cur
| cradle 10 our grave there is 2 path 81,
marked out. Each event in cur life IS
| connected with every otEcr event ii our
! HE. Our Iosg may b. the NEST direct
road to our @air. Oar defeats sud VIC
! tories are twin brothers. The whole di-
rtctiOn Of yoGr life wss changed by some
thing which, ct the time. seemed 10 you q
! tlihe, while some occurrence winch
seemed tremendous affected you bdt lit
tie. The Rev. DR.. Kennedy OF Basking
| Ridge New jersey, went into his pulpit
one Sabbath and, by s strange freak OF
memory, forgot his subject ard forgot
his tex and In great embarrassment
ar0se before his audience and stated the
circumstance end declared himself en-
tire!y unaole to preach; then launched
forth in 8 few earnest words of entresty
and warning which resulted IN the out
o. religloa ever Known In that
| ca - ny yin. Of - Ct
suited in churches still standing GGd in
the conversion OF large number OF men
who entered the gospel ministry, who
have brought their thousands into
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
Gods plans ere magnificent bey0Ed all
comprehension. H. mould3 u, turns
and directs Us sld we know It rot.
Thousands of years are TO Him as but
the fight Of shuttle. The most terrific
| occurrence does MT make God tremble,
and the most Triumphant schievlmentd doe s
not lit him into rapture. That one
great thought Ct God GOES or through the
centuries, and nations rise and fall, and
fall and erss pass, and the wOrI! itself
changes, but God still keeps the undi.
yided mystery, linking event to event end
century to century. To God they are all
one event, one history, one plan, one de-
veIopmert, one system. Great ard mar-
velous are thy works. Lord God Al
mighty
Furthermore: We learn from this story
the propriety Of laying up for the future
DUNG seven years OF plenty Joseph pre-
pared Tor the famine. 1t is seldom tdat
man passes through life without st le&st
seven years Of plenty. During lhsse sever
years our business bears e rich harvest
Yon hardly know where all the money
comes from, It comes 50 fast, Every bar
gain on make seems to turn into gold
You contrsct few Dad debts. You are as
founded with large dividends. You in
!, vest more and Iaore capitsl. You won
, der how men can be c1aIont with small
business gathering in only a hundred dol
: lsrs where you reap your thousands. These
ere the seven years Oh plenty. Now
, Joseph, is; the time t. prepare for l9m-
inc, for to almos. every man there dC
: come seven Yetrs Of famine. You vii
be sick; you Will be unfortunate; yol
will be deirsuied; you VIII be dlssr-
pointed; you viii Oe OLD, and If you hav,
no s:orehouse upon which to fau bscl
: you may be fanine-3uuck. We hs7e 4,
e admiration OF this denying oue's SELF y
e ALL PRESENT COMFORT
i aud suxury for the mere pleasure G
t hosrolng up, this srasplng for ths mer,